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... obtained , some of them looking roughly like the examples of Figure 81. In spite of their similar origins , these patterns differ in that a looks spon- taneously like a deviation from a rectangle whereas the other two betray no such ...
... obtained , some of them looking roughly like the examples of Figure 81. In spite of their similar origins , these patterns differ in that a looks spon- taneously like a deviation from a rectangle whereas the other two betray no such ...
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... obtained by three - dimensional perception and the tension toward such simplification are correspondingly greater . Simple Rather Than Truthful Patterns like those of Figure 197 can be obtained by photographing squares or cubes at ...
... obtained by three - dimensional perception and the tension toward such simplification are correspondingly greater . Simple Rather Than Truthful Patterns like those of Figure 197 can be obtained by photographing squares or cubes at ...
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... obtained by a bright object in front of a dark foil . pro- In the representation of an object of complex shape , the contours and the distribution of brightness often coöperate to produce the spatial relief . Areas of similar spatial ...
... obtained by a bright object in front of a dark foil . pro- In the representation of an object of complex shape , the contours and the distribution of brightness often coöperate to produce the spatial relief . Areas of similar spatial ...
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